WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT DECEMBER 07
Strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake in Solomon Sea, 179 km (111 mi) SE of Gizo (pop: 6,150) on Thursday, December 8, at 7:18 am. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10km. The Kavachi submarine volcano is located 24 km from the epicenter.
Kavachi volcano is a shallow submarine volcano located south of the remote Vangunu Island in the Solomones. It is als known as Rejo te Kvachi, "Kavachi's Oven", and one of the most active of the Pacific with near surface eruptions every few years that often build temporary islands.
● M 5.4 - 178 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
2022-12-07 20:18:02 (UTC)
9.219°S 158.012°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred 30 km southeast of Hualien City, (pop. 350,500) Taiwan. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 30.8 km beneath the epicenter near Hualien City, Hualien, Taiwan, after midnight on Thursday, December 8th, at 12:54 am local time.
A unnamed volcano (24.00°N/121.83°E) is 37 km away from epicenter. A submarine eruption observed by the U.S. Navy boat "Southampton" took place on October 29, 1853 in the Philippine Sea offshore from the city of Hualien about 18 km from the eastern coast of Taiwan. Several days later another ship, the "Macedonian," passed the same location and reported white ash covering its curtains.
● M 5.1 - Taiwan
2022-12-07 16:54:26 (UTC)
23.715°N 121.637°E. 30.8 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake 214 km (133 mi) E of Amahai (pop: 47,700), Indonesia, on Wednesday, Dec 7 at 3:53 pm local time
● M 5.0 - 214 km E of Amahai, Indonesia
2022-12-07 06:53:18 (UTC)
3.406°S 130.849°E. 30.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck 38 km (24 mi) NNE of Sabang Indan (pop: 2,800) Philippines. The tremor was recorded around noon on Wednesday, December 7th, at 1:05 pm local time, at a very shallow depth of 8.4 km below the surface.
● M 5.2 - 38 km NNE of Sabang Indan, Philippines
2022-12-07 05:05:27 (UTC)
14.532°N 123.064°E. 9.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● M 5.0 - South Sandwich Islands region
2022-12-07 04:01:54 (UTC)
60.920°S 25.383°W. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert
● Earthquake Forecast: Early on 8 December, during Full Moon, a near quadruple conjunction occurs with the Sun, Earth, the Moon and Mars. This could result in (some) stronger seismic activity in the following days.
● Summary
Seismic activity level has been at
moderate levels in the last 24 hours. This is the last chart posted by Volcanodiscovery 01:08 UTC on December 07
Global seismic activity level chart
~5 quakes above magnitude 5
~33 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
~99 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
~252 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
~614 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.
~1003 earthquakes in the past 24h (990 earthquakes in the 24 hours prior to this report) Estimated combined seismic energy release: 7684 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs
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